Not since the Danish cartoons case of 2005, has the freedom to express or offend come under such threat in Europe. Eight journalists and two police officers gunned down, and several injured in an attack on the office of the French magazine Charlie Hebdo, is a chilling escalation of radical outfits waging war against European democracy and liberalism. 563 more words

France’s far-right National Front political party leader Marine Le Pen attends a gathering in front of the town hall in Beaucaire, paying tribute to the victims of the shooting by gunmen at the offices of the satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo, January 11, 2015. 2,579 more words